Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-15
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New Phase 81 ne DenI-
81. LoCm. Marsb THE Repz5ileas
this morning says thas . railway oftsIsi
whose oouneetloa With tks Ssw York
aud Boston end Of eeEtaia trans Miasis-
siRpt roads gives him q mcsi exseiieDs
Opportunity 90 know what y going on
behind the curtain. said last niGht that
no one need be surprised when the
smoke Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio desl
cleared Sway Of the Atehison, Topska
A santa Re is foard 10 be the owner
He said that it wss % seeret that the
Atchison used its inhaenes IN 04Rretfs
favor uhen the ArtbaF KiifbFidRe bill
vas peodisg, and THAI the s1coess OF
that Measure vss das largely 70 the Al
ehison's effort.
Il vas asserted By the gentleman that
nsRotistiOns have teen pending between
The Afohisou and BaltimOrs officials
more than six Esnths and that the
hitch In ths deal last week vas wholly
due 10 fks Gould party, Who wanted %
defeat the plan because the MissOari
Pacific did not like the idea Of its most
peWerfal and energetic rival obtaining
oontroi Of q eontiunous line Of road
from ocean 10 ocean. The Atehis0n's
plsn. IL seems, is 10 seoaFe the Baltimore
d OhiS through the RichnSnd Terminal
Company, 50 IL could perfect It's plans
Tor reaching stain Island under cover.
bat the nnioa covering the scheme will
not defeat the original parpose. The
contractors are pledged % have the
Chicago extension Of tie Atchison CON
pieted By 1888, and the work Of Arthur
KillbFidRe will be begun IN the spring
and be completed before the year u out.
This would leave q link between Phila
delphia and the bridge, 10 cover which
coaid very easily be done bv the time
Chicago IL reached from the West. when
the Atohisou would have q continuous
line of its own between San Francisco
and New York. much shorter than any
other trans continental route
The Plague ss Ls. Angeles
Los ANGELES, March Il Three delths
from SMALLPOX occurred at tbs pest
hoase today, aud one new case vas re-
ported, the frss since last Friday.
Trains wFeeked at Blue Canyon.
THUcEEE (Oai. March l4.-This fore
Moons freiRht trains Nos. and 8, col
lided at Blue Canyon, and they we're
both deuble headers. No. z was stand
inG on the main track and No. (Roine
weat) run into No. 7. The four looomO-
tives and q number Of cars we're badly
wrecked. None OF the crews we're hart
The cause of the accident is said TO be
that the air brakes gave out and the
down train became anmAnsgeable, the
grade at Bloc Cssyon being very steep
The wreck was cleared this afternoon
and trains are running as usual.
DeeIsioa CREATING . New Trial.
Los ANdELEs. March I4.-JudRe W
A. Cheney. Of the Superior Court, thil
morning fled an opinion In the case oil
Miss Louise Perkins ". z. J. Baldwin
on motion for q new trial, granting the
motion. The case was tried one veal
ago before Judge Hatch Of santa Bar
baFa, sitting in place Of Judge Bronson
and Miss Perkins waa given q verdici
by this jury for $1,000 damages foi
alleged breach Of promise.
CeIItsloH Reported.
San FRkNoIsoo, March 1.-THE Brit
lsh bark Madeira, from raoona, is re
ported TO have been IN collision will
the British bark PeacemakeE at Bneno
Ayres She 10 said to have been struel
on the staFboaFi quarter aud consider
ably damaged IN her upper works anI
that she had several plates dented.
Coming weather.
SAN Francisco, March l4-S D. M
Indications for "a hours commencing a
a. N. on March 18th, for Oregon AM
Washington Territory; Light rains.
Death Of sIIas W. Johnson.
News has been Eeceived in this cit,
OF the death at Philadelphia Of SilAs w
Johnson, at the age Of GO years. To
deceased arrived 10 San Francisco il
1888 and opened the FIRST paint and oi
house In the place. he formed th
house OF Sawyer. johnson Il Company
which eventually beesme the presen
arm Of Whittier, Fali,r a. Co pany
For the past Is years be mas been con
nected with tue house Of Whittier, Full
Ter 4 Company as manager and genera
purchasing agent az New York.
shipping Intelligence
POM TowSsE D, MaFok l3.-Arrived-
American ship Caroudeiet, Captain
Sietson, 1872 days from Liverpool with
cargo Of merchandise for Puget Sound
ports.
March IL -Arrived-The bark Hope
CaptaiA Penhallow. from Honolulu
bark CowlitE, from san Fsaneisoo.
PoRr BLAKKLT, March l4.-Sailed-
Schooner Rudy Cousins. Arrived
Schooner Reporter.
DUSdENEss. March l4.-FaiR. Lish
west wind on the Straits. The Govern
| mRnt lima ia dawn